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LOT 1989
Tibetan Carnelian Prayer Bead Pendant Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
25 1/8 in. (177 grams, 60.4 cm).
Graduated group of long banded carnelian beads with gilt spacer beads, centrepiece carved bicone bead with scroll detailing flanked by two biconvex beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Tibetan Glass Necklace Prayer Bead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including glass bicone and spherical beads zi banded and gilt spacer beads. 72 grams, 80 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Indo-Persian Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including a broad, crescentic, flat axehead with bifacial silver inlay, and stylised figure of a horned animal. 182 grams total, 6.5-13.6 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Ellipsoid plaque with wreath border enclosing an incuse skull in three-quarter view and initials 'RW' below. 7.73 grams, 21.01 mm overall, 19.06 x 18.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13046-248360.
The memento mori jewellery of the 16th and 17th centuries served as wearable ‘reminders of mortality’. Typical motifs within this genre included skulls, skeletons, crossbones, hourglasses, coffins, the gravedigger’s pick and shovel, and various other emblems of death and decay.
